Like Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh has aggressivelypromoted the conspiracy theory that the U.S. is funneling money to Brazilian oil company Petrobras in order to enrich George Soros.

As Media Matters has documented, the theory that the Obama administration lent $2 billion to Brazil's state-owned oil company Petrobras in order to protect Soros' investment has been pushed by Glenn Beck

and it is completely discredited by the fact that Bush appointees to the Export-Import Bank were the ones who unanimously approved the loan. To say nothing of the strategic and financial interests to the U.S. that the loan guarantees -- which are in no way connected to taxpayer money -- will advance.

On today's edition of Democracy Now!, anchor Amy Goodman covered Media Matters for America's interview with Byron Williams, who was arrested following a shootout with police while reportedly on his way "to start a revolution by traveling to San Francisco and killing people of importance at the Tides Foundation and the ACLU."

Goodman reported that Williams "has admitted it was Fox News host Glenn Beck who inspired him to plot the assassination of employees of the ACLU and the Tides Foundation," and noted our reporting that "in the 18 months before the shooting, Beck used his Fox News show to attack the Tides Foundation 29 times, claiming that the small foundation is part of a secret George Soros-funded plot to infiltrate and gain control of big businesses and to indoctrinate the youth of America."

As John Hamilton reported, alleged California highway shooter Byron Williams described Glenn Beck as "a schoolteacher" and said that "it was the things [Beck] exposed that blew my mind." One of Beck's biggest supporters has been Sarah Palin, who has appeared at Beck's events, praised his "wisdom," and encouraged followers to watch his conspiracy-laden programs.

As John Hamilton reported, alleged California highway shooter Byron Williams described Beck as "a schoolteacher" and said that "it was the things [Beck] exposed that blew my mind." Though he urges his audience to "reject violence," Beck regularly spews violent rhetoric -- often warning of impending violence from "the left."

As John Hamilton reported, alleged California highway shooter Byron Williams - who reportedly told investigators that "his intention was to start a revolution by traveling to San Francisco and killing people of importance at the Tides Foundation and the ACLU" - repeatedly assailed financier George Soros. Fox News host Glenn Beck, whose show Williams touted, has also attacked "evil" Soros and Tides, often weaving them into his conspiracy theories.

As John Hamilton reported, alleged California highway shooter Byron Williams directed him "to go back to June -- June of this year, 2010 -- and look at all his [Beck's] programs from June, and you'll see he's been breaking open some of the most hideous corruption." A review of those programs shows that Beck frequently used violent, conspiratorial and paranoid rhetoric to rail against the government and progressives, including the Tides Foundation.

As reported by John Hamilton, a neighbor of alleged California highway shooter Byron Williams said Williams "would turn on Michael Savage." Like Glenn Beck, radio host Savage has a history of violent rhetoric.

As journalist John Hamilton reported, alleged California highway shooter Byron Williams -- who reportedly told investigators that "his intention was to start a revolution by traveling to San Francisco and killing people of importance at the Tides Foundation and the ACLU" -- recommended David Horowitz's conservative website DiscoverTheNetworks.org (DTN) as a source of information about financier George Soros and Tides. DTN has attacked Soros and accused the Tides Foundation of wanting "America destroyed" and of laundering money to radical leftist causes.